Horatio nodded his head eagerly.
"I jumped to that same conclusion, Hugh, only I didn't dare mention it to Mrs.Kinkaid.

I thought you ought to know first of all, and decide on the program.

It's terrible just to think of it; and K.K.
actually pretended to make light, too, of all those stories the farmers have been telling about that awful place." "Hold your horses, Horatio!" Hugh exclaimed.

"When I said that I wasn't thinking of ghosts, or anything else unnatural.

I meant that in all probability poor K.K.met with some ordinary accident while on that stretch, and has been unable to continue his run.